Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution
Published on 1. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
472 pages
978-1-58743-231-6 (ISBN)
Description
John Howard Yoder was one of the most important thinkers on just war and pacifism in the late twentieth century. This newly compiled collection of Yoder's lectures and writings on these issues describes, analyzes, and evaluates various patterns of thought and practice in Western Christian history. The volume, now made widely available for the first time, makes Yoder's stimulating insights more accessible to a broader audience and substantially contributes to ongoing discussions concerning the history, theology, and ethics of war and peace. Theologians and ethicists, students of Yoder's thought, and all readers seeking a better understanding of war and pacifism will value this work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ada, MI
United States
Publishing group
Baker Publishing Group
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58743-231-6 (9781587432316)
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Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution
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Persons
John Howard Yoder taught at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary and was later professor of theology and ethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is known especially for his influential book The Politics of Jesus.
Theodore J. Koontz (PhD, Harvard University) is professor of ethics and peace studies at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. Andy Alexis-Baker is a graduate of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. He is currently an adjunct professor of peace, justice, and conflict studies at Goshen College.
Theodore J. Koontz (PhD, Harvard University) is professor of ethics and peace studies at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. Andy Alexis-Baker is a graduate of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. He is currently an adjunct professor of peace, justice, and conflict studies at Goshen College.
Content
Editor's Preface
Author's Preface
1. Introduction
2. Refining Our Typology on the Ethics of War
3. The Pacifism of Pre-Constantinian Christianity
4. The Meaning of the Constantinian Shift
5. The Logic of the Just War Tradition
6. Criteria of the Just War Tradition
7. Interpreting the Just War Criteria
8. The Career of the Just War Theory
9. The Peace Dimension of Medieval Moral Concern
10. The Nonviolence of Rabbinic Judaism
11. The Pacifism of the First Reformation
12. Anabaptists in the Continental Reformation
13. The Peace Vision of Enlightenment Humanism
14. Quakerism in the Puritan Reformation
15. Quakerism in Early America: The Holy Experiment
16. Pacifism in the Nineteenth Century
17. Liberal Protestant Pacifism
18. Reinhold Niebuhr's "Realist" Critique
19. Mennonites After Niebuhr
20. Biblical Realism and the Politics of Jesus
21. Other Biblical Themes
22. Just War Thinking Revived
23. The Lessons of Nonviolent Experience
24. Ecumenical Theologies of Revolution and Liberation
25. Varieties of Contemporary Catholic Peace Concern
26. Ecumenical Conversations
Study Guides
General Bibliography
Index
Author's Preface
1. Introduction
2. Refining Our Typology on the Ethics of War
3. The Pacifism of Pre-Constantinian Christianity
4. The Meaning of the Constantinian Shift
5. The Logic of the Just War Tradition
6. Criteria of the Just War Tradition
7. Interpreting the Just War Criteria
8. The Career of the Just War Theory
9. The Peace Dimension of Medieval Moral Concern
10. The Nonviolence of Rabbinic Judaism
11. The Pacifism of the First Reformation
12. Anabaptists in the Continental Reformation
13. The Peace Vision of Enlightenment Humanism
14. Quakerism in the Puritan Reformation
15. Quakerism in Early America: The Holy Experiment
16. Pacifism in the Nineteenth Century
17. Liberal Protestant Pacifism
18. Reinhold Niebuhr's "Realist" Critique
19. Mennonites After Niebuhr
20. Biblical Realism and the Politics of Jesus
21. Other Biblical Themes
22. Just War Thinking Revived
23. The Lessons of Nonviolent Experience
24. Ecumenical Theologies of Revolution and Liberation
25. Varieties of Contemporary Catholic Peace Concern
26. Ecumenical Conversations
Study Guides
General Bibliography
Index